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Ellipsis

(9,124 posts)
Sun Nov 6, 2016, 01:36 PM Nov 2016

Senator Al Franken accuses Donald Trump of launching antisemitic TV ad [View all]

Source: The Guardian

The Democratic senator for Minnesota, Al Franken, has accused Donald Trump of launching an antisemitic TV advertisement along the lines of the fake Protocols of the Elders of Zion.
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Franken, who is Jewish, said he immediately was struck by what he called “a German shepherd whistle, a dog whistle” in a new two-minute advert from the Trump campaign, launched as the countdown to Tuesday’s election intensifies.

The film features lurid shots of Wall Street and the Federal Reserve interspersed with images of three prominent Jewish people: Janet Yellen, who chairs the Fed, the progressive financier George Soros and the Goldman Sachs chief executive, Lloyd Blankfein.

“The establishment has trillions of dollars at stake in this election,” Trump is heard saying in the advert. “For those who control the levers of power in Washington and for the global special interests, they partner with these people that don’t have your good in mind.”

Read more: https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2016/nov/06/senator-al-franken-accuses-donald-trump-of-launching-antisemitic-tv-ad



...Al Franken pissed off. This will be interesting.


If I was DT I'd run for the bunker.
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No doubt about it. He's pandering to the bigots and antisemites in this country. George II Nov 2016 #1
Here is the ad Maraya1969 Nov 2016 #2
Here is the ad it's creepy and as a Jew I see the dog whistle. I think lots of people wouldn't: mucifer Nov 2016 #3
Where is the dog whistle? Maraya1969 Nov 2016 #4
Wealthy cabal of international bankers secretly controlling the world oberliner Nov 2016 #29
Maraya, slyly questioning why Stewart doesn't use a Jewish surname is a classic anti-semitic Nitram Nov 2016 #51
Im sure he wrote that himself. The ability to read words on a script verses writing them... Ellipsis Nov 2016 #8
Alt right people wrote the script mucifer Nov 2016 #9
Okay then... who compiled the thoughts of the alt right? Ellipsis Nov 2016 #11
someone bannon hired. mopinko Nov 2016 #32
Thank You Mopinko... Ellipsis Nov 2016 #33
add me to the list of people who enjoyed it through mopinko Nov 2016 #34
That is a powerful ad. Even as a Hillary voter, it is hitting my "Bernie" resonant emotions. JudyM Nov 2016 #13
that is a dog megaphone Skittles Nov 2016 #16
snort, snort DK504 Nov 2016 #47
it shows Jews in high positions but ad features Hillary wordpix Nov 2016 #53
You know the saying about people who don't learn from history being doomed to repeat it, but... Siwsan Nov 2016 #10
I'm not sure which is worse; Trump actually believing this or Dark n Stormy Knight Nov 2016 #12
Leave no stone unturned... Ellipsis Nov 2016 #14
Simplest hypothesis often best. In these cases: tRump clueless & doesn't hear dog whistles he makes Bernardo de La Paz Nov 2016 #17
Trump's father believed in a Master Race, believed he was breeding for that. Trump's own words..... Hekate Nov 2016 #42
There's a bit of cognitive dissonance in everything Trump does, but don't let that confuse you.... Hekate Nov 2016 #43
What's most confusing to me about Trump is how it is possible Dark n Stormy Knight Nov 2016 #44
Beware the insider with no ethics. yardwork Nov 2016 #45
The irony of that ad is that it is the Trump campaign that is involved in conspiracy... SunSeeker Nov 2016 #15
This campaign has set records for irony grantcart Nov 2016 #18
you are darned right it is a dog whistle, and it isn't that subtle still_one Nov 2016 #19
Thanks and profound gratitude to Senator Franken for this. Paladin Nov 2016 #21
Me too. Ellipsis Nov 2016 #35
I would not put it past him. smirkymonkey Nov 2016 #23
"Jewish New York has hated him for ages. They are superior to him and he knows it". whathehell Nov 2016 #27
What do you mean by "Jewish New York" ?? oberliner Nov 2016 #30
When has he stopped pandering to white supremacists? Beacool Nov 2016 #24
That ad is worthy of Der Steurmer. Julius Streicher would be proud. COLGATE4 Nov 2016 #26
Al Franken's comments here. . . DinahMoeHum Nov 2016 #31
Sen. Franken just called The Don on his shit, and he is absolutely right to do so. Hekate Nov 2016 #41
The ad is a classic anti-semitic dog whistle. nt Nitram Nov 2016 #50
Senator Franken is correct about this ad Gothmog Nov 2016 #52
Not to mention the they'll bleed you dry line Danmel Nov 2016 #54
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